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Marl vs Maru - What's the difference?

marl | maru |

As nouns the difference between marl and maru

is that marl is a mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy while maru is .

As a verb marl

is to cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

marl

English

(wikipedia marl)

Alternative forms

* marle

Noun

  • A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
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    • Derived terms

    * marlaceous * marler * marlite * marlpit * marlstone * marly

    See also

    * greensand

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cover, as part of a rope, with marline, marking a peculiar hitch at each turn to prevent unwinding.

    • References

    maru

    English

    Noun

  • A suffix of Japanese ship names.
  • :The Nippon Maru
  • (linguistics, colloquial) A diacritic ( ? ) used with Japanese kana to change an h'' to a ''p .
  • A large, circular punctuation mark ( ? ) used as a full stop in Japanese text.

    • Synonyms

    * (diacritics) handakuten

    See also

    * dakuten * nigori * tenten, ten-ten, ten ten

    Anagrams

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